HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad High Court on Thursday took note of the plight of the 48 surrogate mothers after going through the content of a TOI report published on June 19.
The fate of these women hangs in balance after authorities raided a fertility centre at Ban jara Hills. Reacting to the exploitation of the poor women by fertility centres that collect lakhs of rupees from childless NRI couples and others, and pay a pittance to surrogate mothers, the high court issued notices to the state and the authorities concerned, seeking an explanation as to what steps are being taken to protect the health of the hapless women.
Even if the childless couples, who commissioned these poor women as surrogate mothers, disappeared or the state sealed the fertility centre in which they were lodged, these poor women should not face any problem as far as their health, shelter and well-being are concerned, the bench of acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice T Rajani said.
B S Prasad, the government pleader for the state medical and health department, assured the court that the state was ready to take care of them. The bench sought to know from him the measures the state would like to take and directed it to file an affidavit within a week. Under no circumstances, should the identity of the surrogate mothers be revealed. "If their privacy is affected, we will hold the state accountable," Justice Ramesh Ranganathan said.
When the bench sought to know the status of the surrogate mothers, the state counsel replied that they elicited the opinions of the poor women.They were unwilling to move out of the fertility centre and asked the authorities to allow them to stay there. The bench directed the state to examine the health of all 48 mothers and provide them the required care.
The fate of these women hangs in balance after authorities raided a fertility centre at Ban jara Hills. Reacting to the exploitation of the poor women by fertility centres that collect lakhs of rupees from childless NRI couples and others, and pay a pittance to surrogate mothers, the high court issued notices to the state and the authorities concerned, seeking an explanation as to what steps are being taken to protect the health of the hapless women.
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Even if the childless couples, who commissioned these poor women as surrogate mothers, disappeared or the state sealed the fertility centre in which they were lodged, these poor women should not face any problem as far as their health, shelter and well-being are concerned, the bench of acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice T Rajani said.
B S Prasad, the government pleader for the state medical and health department, assured the court that the state was ready to take care of them. The bench sought to know from him the measures the state would like to take and directed it to file an affidavit within a week. Under no circumstances, should the identity of the surrogate mothers be revealed. "If their privacy is affected, we will hold the state accountable," Justice Ramesh Ranganathan said.
When the bench sought to know the status of the surrogate mothers, the state counsel replied that they elicited the opinions of the poor women.They were unwilling to move out of the fertility centre and asked the authorities to allow them to stay there. The bench directed the state to examine the health of all 48 mothers and provide them the required care.
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